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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 20, 1926
Page
6
Notice lists submission to electors on proposed constitutional alterations and industry and commerce changes. It names the Chief Electoral Officer, polling places, dates on September and October, and outlines the referendum process and related powers for approving new laws.
Twenty four watchmen thought dead in a major Hungarian munition works explosion are alive but deaf and mute from the blast. Rain showers helped extinguish fires started by the explosion. A Glasgow merchant on his death bed asked a Bree Church minister if a promised £10 000 to the Free Kirk could save his son. the minister cautiously answered that he would try.
Ronald Hovendon, while at school in Bendigo, struck his head on a wall playing. He ignored the bump and continued playing, later showing concussion symptoms two days later. By the fourth morning he became unconscious and was admitted to a private hospital in critical condition with a skull fracture.
A prehistoric style argument questions whether heavy meat intake and inactivity cause cancer while researchers like Lane Leitch Young and Carrel propose germ and toxin roles. Debates hinge on indol poison and thyroid extracts with advocates claiming mixed, unproven results amid growing controversy.
The Royal Society for the Welfare of Mothers and Babies announced a new pamphlet Sun Baths for Babies will be sent free to any mother on request. Copies of other titles like Donts for Mothers and A Word to Fathers have been widely distributed in Victoria and Queensland, with demand high and a second edition of Thy Parents Book by Dr. Margaret Harper now available for one shilling sixpence.
A reader denounces protective tariffs as a tool for a few Melbourne manufacturers to amass wealth at the public expense. The missive attacks placards depicting overseas competition as a threat, argues imported wood price claims are false, and contends protection harms farming and general industry. It accuses local manufacturers of siphoning profits from workers and raising living costs while stifling trade and employment.
Nurse Rattray reports a forged scheme by Arthur Charles Abigsil to obtain records of her mother's shoplifting convictions. He is jailed for six months with restitution to the nurse and a leave to petition. Judge Rel notes leniency but warns of black sheep among solicitors. In a separate note, the Referendum vote in Guawedsh district proceeds next month.
A letter from the Postmaster General to the Country Press Association notes readiness to test wireless transmission of country press news under certain conditions. It requests a discussion and suggests a Melbourne visit if convenient. The issue followed a prior correspondence and interview with involvement of the Hajlio Broadcast Bureau.
Mr Pivsler S.M. last week pressed for a public Service Board inquiry into the cause of his compulsory retirement. He said he would be satisfied only by a full and complete investigation and insisted the inquiry be open to the public.
A miner in Uralla district described a peculiar bathing shaft with feet of water at the bottom. He explored a vertical shaft tied to an abandoned mine, swimming for about half an hour before surfacing. The tale includes a cautious woman who refused to join at the depths.
The Rev W Stewart preached at the Mothust Church in Casin o on a recent Sunday urging plain talk by ministers and public figures on sexual sin. He warned of degeneracy in social life and the dangers of a declining birthrate, calling parents to instruct children and involve fathers and mothers in guiding the youth.
A garbled report describes Privet endorsing the Eto crop with Rev Father Heiden and Kaloonwha figures near Shane's as observers note vanity and fashion notes. The passage contains numerous transcription errors and incoherent phrases.
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